On Base Percentage : 1913 National League Top 25

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1913 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Miller Huggins .432 (.43243) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Gavvy Cravath .407 (.40652) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jake Daubert .405 (.40541) Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Jim Viox .399 (.39893) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Tommy Leach .391 (.39139) Chicago Cubs 5
Johnny Bates .388 (.38750) Cincinnati Reds 6
Joe Connolly .379 (.37854) Boston Braves 7
Heinie Zimmerman .379 (.37854) Chicago Cubs  
Bob Bescher .377 (.37664) Cincinnati Reds 9
Fred Snodgrass .373 (.37331) New York Giants 10
Vic Saier .370 (.37031) Chicago Cubs 11
Sherry Magee .369 (.36944) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Tillie Shafer .369 (.36934) New York Giants 13
Larry Doyle .364 (.36447) New York Giants 14
Johnny Evers .361 (.36072) Chicago Cubs 15
Al Bridwell .358 (.35833) Chicago Cubs 16
Dode Paskert .358 (.35824) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Red Smith .358 (.35811) Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Casey Stengel .356 (.35556) Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Hans Lobert .353 (.35323) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Ed Konetchy .353 (.35284) St. Louis Cardinals 21
George Burns .352 (.35232) New York Giants 22
Rebel Oakes .350 (.34983) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Bill Sweeney .347 (.34676) Boston Braves 24
Art Fletcher .345 (.34489) New York Giants 25



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.